Prin, a Cardassian civilian who was disfigured in a Resistance bombing, is punishing those responsible. He accuses Kira of killing indiscriminately, while he kills only the guilty. She counters that the Cardassians were a hostile alien race occupying Bajor, and even if he was a civilian he was indirectly aiding the occupation and therefore a legitimate target. Prin tells Kira that he will spare her baby, but kill her, and prepares to operate. Kira begs for a sedative, realizing that the herbs she has taken for her pregnancy render most sedatives ineffective. She pretends to fall asleep, then lunges at Silaran, attacking and killing him. When the Deep Space Nine crew arrives to rescue her, Prin is already dead, and Kira, shaken, only wants to go home. Production The episode was the first Star Trek story written by Bryan Fuller, whose original pitch for the episode was a riff on the Agatha Christie novel And Then There Were None; Fuller would go on to write another fifth season episode, "Empok Nor", before going on to join the writing staff for Star Trek: Voyager, eventually rising to co-producer by its final season. In 2016 Fuller was briefly showrunner for Star Trek: Discovery; he established the story arc and mythology but left prior to the series airing due to other commitments. Reception Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club praised Visitor "her usual excellent self" but was critical of the script "feels like something we've seen before" Keith R. A. DeCandido of Tor.com gave the episode 5 out of 10. In 2018, Syfy recommend this episode for its abbreviated watch guide for the character Kira Nerys. Writing for Syfy Wire in 2017, Dany Roth ranked this the 7th best episode written by Bryan Fuller, one of two Deep Space Nine episodes written by him (the other was "Empok Nor"). Roth was very positive about this episode centering on Kira, and thought Nana Visitor brought a lot to this story and character. In 2017, Screen Rant ranked this episode the 15th thematically darkest episode of the Star Trek franchise. They note this episode for going beyond Gene Roddenberry’s hopeful vision of the future in the Star Trek universe by exploring the acts of violence by the oppressors and the oppressed during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor. They note while the episode does not really exonerate Kira for her war activities, her vigilante prosecution is